Monarch butterflies—including western monarchs, who winter in California and spend summers west of the Rockies—were recently proposed for listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

SANTA CRUZ — Conservationists are concerned that western monarch butterflies may be teetering on the brink of collapse as the latest Western Monarch Count reveals a devastating decline.

Every November, around the Day of the Dead, millions of monarch butterflies descend on a forest of oyamel firs in the mountains of central Mexico. The butterflies have never seen the forest before ...

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Ready for an incredible springtime event? Witness millions of monarch butterflies in South Carolina this spring. You don't want to miss this nature show! In recent years, it was thought that the ...

Are there monarch butterflies in Massachusetts? To answer your question, yes! Growing up in New England, I always enjoyed seeing these colorful butterflies with their delicate wings. They are as ...

Not that long ago, a literal carpet of black and orange butterflies would cover part of the U.S. each year as monarchs migrated in search of food. But over the past few decades, the number of these ...

The number of monarch butterflies in California is in sharp decline this year, and biologists say record-high late summer temperatures and drought in the west likely contributed to the dropoff.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States has dropped to its second-lowest mark in nearly three decades as pesticides, diminishing ...

Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed monarch butterflies, whose numbers in the ...